Clear Line Of Sight

David Tighe, a time-management pro, gave me a tip that doubles my daily productivity if I stick to it: Create an “A Space” in your work area. This means:

• No material comes into that space except the work of the moment.• All other projects and folders are moved out of my line of sight.• All personal memorabilia is positioned out of sight.• I have an uninteresting computer screen graphic.• I turn off e-mail inbox alerts.• I make hour-long appointments with projects, and keep them.• When done, I move that material off my physical and computer desktop, clearing the way for the next project to move in and get my undivided attention.

Now if I could just get myself to stick to it. --- Kern Lewis, Founder, GrowthFocus